The starting salary for a Correctional Officer Trainee is $47,508 per year. During the three-month appointment as a trainee all COTs are required to attend six weeks at the Corrections Training Academy. Work Attire is issued to you while in training. Upon successful completion of a three-month trainee period and a four-and-a-half-month probationary period, Correctional Officer Trainees are certified as Correctional Officers (CO). At that time, a CO’s salary increases to $54,240 per year.
The State of Illinois provides employees with Health, Vision, and Dental insurance. Life insurance is provided at 100% your annual salary. This position includes a pension plan. Benefit time for new employees includes three (3) personal business days, ten (10) vacation days, and twelve (12) sick days per year.
Applicants will be screened all day at Augustana College in the Pepsico Recreation Center (1025 30th Street in Rock Island) on Thursday, October 27th.
Interested applicants can learn more and begin the application process here. You must apply before coming to the screening.
